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Silk Stockings is a musical with a book by George S. Kaufman, Leueen MacGrath, and Abe Burrows and music and lyrics by Cole Porter. The musical is loosely based on the Melchior Lengyel story Ninotchka and the 1939 film adaptation it inspired. [1] It ran on Broadway in 1955. [2] This was the last musical that Porter wrote for the stage.
Silk Stockings is a 1957 American musical romantic comedy film directed by Rouben Mamoulian and starring Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse.It is based on the 1955 stage musical of the same name, [2] which had been adapted from the film Ninotchka (1939).
By age 14, Astaire had assumed the musical responsibilities for their act. [11] He first met George Gershwin, who was working as a song plugger for Jerome H. Remick's music publishing company, in 1916. [20] Astaire had already been hunting for new music and dance ideas. Their chance meeting was to affect the careers of both artists profoundly.
Janis Paige, a performer from Hollywood's Golden Age, died Sunday of natural causes in her Los Angeles home. The scene-stealing star of 'Silk Stockings' was 101.
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In 1955, the musical Silk Stockings, based on Ninotchka, opened on Broadway. Written by Cole Porter, the stage production was based on Ninotchka's story and script and starred Hildegard Neff and Don Ameche. MGM then produced a 1957 film version of the musical directed by Rouben Mamoulian and starring Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse.
Songs from Cole Porter musicals (7 C, 12 P) Pages in category "Musicals by Cole Porter" ... Silk Stockings; Something for the Boys; W. Wake Up and Dream (musical) Y.
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